Date: Wed, 11 Sep 96 11:47:51 +0200 From: garyj@frt.dec.com To: paulh@melbourne.net (Paul Hourmouzis) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INSTALLATION OF FREEBSD Message-ID: <9609110947.AA18417@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> In-Reply-To: Message from paulh@melbourne.net (Paul Hourmouzis) of Wed, 11 Sep 96 17:30:43 PDT.
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paulh@melbourne.net writes: > Dear Sir, > I have recently purchased FREEBSD from Walnut Creek CD ROM. > > Having successfully installed it, I am now installing the software > applications tht came with the two CD ROM discs. > > I have chosen DEVELOPER as a install set with XFree86, which, according > to sysinstall takes approximately 60MB of storage space. > > I have a 1.2 GB HDD, however, on attempting to install some of the > software, sysinstall informs me that there are errors. (It actually skips > out of sysinstall and continually gives "write failure" messages, as if > the hard disk is full!! > > This cannot be the case as I have just installed a few peices of > software?? > > Any ideas on what is causing the problem?? > Can I install software onto another mounted device? If so, how?? > Can I use the PORTS collection to reduce the installation?? > > I am a novice when it comes to installation of UNIX, however I do > consider myself a professional at installing and configuring other > operating systems. > > Please help. Any assistance is appreciated. > I'd say you're running out of space in /tmp. Try doing "df /tmp" and see how much space is free. You may have to link /tmp to a location with more space. --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de (play) gj@freebsd.org
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